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1 minute ago, craigkillie said:

I'm always amazed at how teams hanging on to a lead can defend so badly. Should probably have been about another 2 minutes added at the end, right enough.

Glad Algeria didn’t get the extra minutes seeing as the majority of the time added on was from Slimani pretending he had cramp.

What an ending.

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Crazy stuff. Cameroon were dead on their feet by the end of ninety minutes, and Algeria deserved their winner, having had multiple close calls and disallowed goals. For Cameroon to win it with the last throw of the dice is unspeakably cruel on them.

I wanted Cameroon to win, but the Algerians looked utterly destroyed at the final whistle. Not fun.

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So barring any surprises or slight changes to rankings from this break, your pots for the Friday's draw are:

 

Pot 1: Qatar (hosts), Belgium, Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal

Pot 2: Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, USA, Switzerland, Croatia, Uruguay

Pot 3: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Canada

Pot 4: Tunisia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Playoff winner 1*, Playoff winner 2**, Playoff winner 3***

 

* - Costa Rica v New Zealand/Solomon Islands

** - UAE/Australia v Peru/Colombia/Chile

*** - Wales v Scotland/Ukraine

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1 hour ago, Nightmare said:

Glad Algeria didn’t get the extra minutes seeing as the majority of the time added on was from Slimani pretending he had cramp.

What an ending.

True, but there were only 4 minutes in the first place because of Cameroon wasting time before the Algeria goal.

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48 minutes ago, Donathan said:

So barring any surprises or slight changes to rankings from this break, your pots for the Friday's draw are:

 

Pot 1: Qatar (hosts), Belgium, Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal

Pot 2: Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, USA, Switzerland, Croatia, Uruguay

Pot 3: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Canada

Pot 4: Tunisia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Playoff winner 1*, Playoff winner 2**, Playoff winner 3***

 

* - Costa Rica v New Zealand/Solomon Islands

** - UAE/Australia v Peru/Colombia/Chile

*** - Wales v Scotland/Ukraine

At the moment Tunisia are ahead of Canada, but if Canada win in Panama they move into Pot 3. I was thinking the lads may still be drunk when they took to the pitch in Panama City, but thanks to Ghana and Tunisia (and I suppose Mali), the door is open, so hopefully they're motivated Wednesday. Baring something shocking happening to either the US or Mexico, Canada/Tunisia is the only question still left in terms of the pots.

I thought Algeria got their just deserts for focusing on literally everything but the job at hand in added time... 

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8 hours ago, Donathan said:

So barring any surprises or slight changes to rankings from this break, your pots for the Friday's draw are:

 

Pot 1: Qatar (hosts), Belgium, Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Spain, Portugal

Pot 2: Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, USA, Switzerland, Croatia, Uruguay

Pot 3: Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, South Korea, Canada

Pot 4: Tunisia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Playoff winner 1*, Playoff winner 2**, Playoff winner 3***

 

* - Costa Rica v New Zealand/Solomon Islands

** - UAE/Australia v Peru/Colombia/Chile

*** - Wales v Scotland/Ukraine

Well it's better than usual anyway :)

 

 

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A slightly longer version of the Algeria - Cameroon stuff here. Absolutely magnificent stuff. Qualifiers are all about off-a-cliff moments like this and the contrast of misery and joy.

Best advert for keeping tournaments as small as possible. Qualifying should be a big deal. But there we go.

 

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13 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said:

Shite that Portugal are seeded. If they'd been in with Ukraine they'd have been bottom seeds? Or would FIFA have found a different rule for Ronaldo and pals?

I thought seedings for play-off winners that still have to qualify would be going by the highest ranking of the countries involved, meaning that for Wales/Ukraine/Scotland the Welsh ranking counts as they are the highest of these 3. But going by the above, that's not the case as otherwise the winner of that PO would be pot 3. If the above is correct, it seems a bit unfair that Portugal & Poland are seeded based on their ranking and the winners of the 3 remaining POs bottom by default...

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